Much of the RATP culture focusses on consulting other transit authorities (Montreal's one). I am merely coupling their rationale at reverting Line 11 to conventional traction to their rationale that probably explains why Line 1 has been automated. (Co-?)incidentally, I might be cheekily questioning the Republic's usage of the French term Autonome at naming its transit-operating authorities. Furthermore, I recall a conversation I had with the wife to a brilliant engineer many years ago about the following LIM traction:

Much of the RATP culture focusses on consulting other transit authorities (Montreal's one).

I don't know whether you think that's a good thing or a bad thing. Even too much consultation would be better than complete insularity, repeating the mistakes which others have already learned from.

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I am merely coupling their rationale at reverting Line 11 to conventional traction to their rationale that probably explains why Line 1 has been automated.

I don't see how these two things are connected. From my perspective as a passenger, the change I most urgently want to see from the Paris metro is complete automation of all the lines so that we can get to work without worrying about someone else trying to disrupt our lives in order to squeeze even more blood from the taxpayers. Compared to the importance of automation, I wouldn't care if the metro were to run on wooden wheels.

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(Co-?)incidentally, I might be cheekily questioning the Republic's usage of the French term Autonome at naming its transit-operating authorities.

I have no idea what you're talking about here.

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Furthermore, I recall a conversation I had with the wife to a brilliant engineer many years ago about the following LIM traction:

I have no idea what this has to do with steel wheels versus pneumatic tires. I don't care if the trains are built in France, Canada, Africa, Asia, or Antarctica if they are the best trains for the money.

From my perspective as a passenger, the change I most urgently want to see from the Paris metro is complete automation of all the lines so that we can get to work without worrying about someone else trying to disrupt our lives in order to squeeze even more blood from the taxpayers.

Automatic metro can't roll without the system controllers in their places. So you're still depeding of metro employees.

It's obvius that it's easer to negotiate with 2 employees instead of 40, but they're still there and they have more influence over the line. You could greatly reduce your worry, but keep a little bit of it.

trainrover, the line 11 will be re-converted in a steel wheeled line because it is isolated to the other rubber tired lines.
Secondly this line is small and its size will almost double with its eastern extension.

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Automatic metro can't roll without the system controllers in their places. So you're still depeding of metro employees.

It's obvius that it's easer to negotiate with 2 employees instead of 40, but they're still there and they have more influence over the line. You could greatly reduce your worry, but keep a little bit of it.

True that's why in completly driverless network like Lille or Toulouse often shut down during strike.
Paris metro has many agents, it can always find some people to manage its driverless lines.

Anyway it been a long time that we haven't see a serious strike in Paris metro, the last one was in 2007.
Now even during strike there are always more than the half of the train running.
In October 2010, when all the international news titred "France in fire", the metro run almost normaly.

That is always a good thing to have at least some service run in Paris during strikes.

The day I visited Paris back in March, 2009 was the day after the city had a riot and strike. My friend was stuck on the Metro for hours cause only half the trains were running and were severely crowded. She missed her flight from CDG as a result.